TikTok is introducing a new feature that allows them to reduce the quantity of artificial intelligence-produced videos appearing in their timelines. This step comes as the company announced that it presently contains more than 1 billion AI videos.
Testing and Rollout
The update is undergoing trials over the following weeks before a full-scale rollout. This shift aligns with a increase in AI-generated material, fueled by emerging content generation software.
AI Content on Other Platforms
It has been noted that almost a tenth of the fastest-growing content creators on a popular video site exclusively feature AI-generated videos. A significant portion of this output is deemed low-quality AI content, a label for inferior, factory-style content that is typically absurd or dreamlike.
Our research shows that a lot of users enjoy content produced via AI tools, ranging from digital art to educational videos, and we aim to provide users the option to increase or decrease of that, based on their own likes,” said a spokesperson.
AI on the Platform
The service disclosed that there are currently 1.3bn videos on its service labeled as made with AI. Collectively, in excess of 100 m pieces of content are submitted to the app daily, making AI content a minor part of its total content library.
User Control Features
Users will be capable of limit or boost the amount of AI-generated videos they see by using the topic control option in the application and selecting the AI content topic. Additional categories that are already be adjusted under the setting include news, clothing, aesthetics, and choreography.
Platform Guidelines
TikTok’s policies mandate creators to label lifelike artificially created content, and it forbids dangerous fake videos of well-known individuals or emergencies. Any authentic-looking artificial content that is without a tag can be taken down under its community policies.
In addition, the app will henceforth apply an “AI-made” watermark to content produced via its proprietary AI systems, or detected by an industry-wide initiative for identifying artificial media. This measure is aimed to stop users from attempting to evade the disclosure requirement.
Educational Initiatives
The platform is also establishing a $2 million awareness program for professionals and groups to create informative material about responsible artificial intelligence. This project will assist educational bodies specializing in educating computer science.
Platform Protection
TikTok has justified its moderation strategy, amid discussion over intentions to make redundant hundreds of content moderators in the UK. TikTok is expected to cut 439 jobs in its user protection department in London, with trade unions and digital protection specialists expressing worry that staff are being displaced by AI moderation.
A senior executive stated that human moderation would remain essential, but artificial intelligence can safeguard staff by eliminating the most distressing content before it is viewed by people. TikTok reported a notable drop in explicit and harmful content seen by safety staff over the last 12 months due to intervention by its AI tools.
We believe it is crucial to balance people and machines to maintain a secure environment,” she said. “We’ll have humans as integral to the approach, but we additionally believe it’s very important to minimize viewing of harmful content as swiftly, which is the area in which a lot of the machine support is really helping us process content quickly.”
